What has now come to be known as ‘the longest solar eclipse of the 21st century’ made its grand appearance in two of the biggest Asian countries, India and China. This incredible celestial phenomenon began its journey from India and started moving to Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Vietnam, China in the end covering many parts of [...]

I have always reserved all excitement related to eclipses for the eclipse junkies. But I got just a wee bit curious about this annular solar eclipse occurring on 26 Jan. What IS an annular eclipse?
It is supposed to transform the Sun into a dark disc with a blazing ring-shaped corona around its rim. How does [...]